Posts by techworker

I can’t believe the negativity on this thread. I guess it’s one thing to be suspicious of all the newfangled fads but sheesh I have never felt better. Ketosis....

I don’t eat gluten period. I don’t eat any grains. I have not been diagnosed with Celiac and am almost certain I don’t have it. If I have a cheat meal (have twice since June) I go into a Carb-Coma so I try to make it dinner if at all possible.

Grains, Sugar, Starches, Beans. I don’t eat any of those. Down 88 pounds this year and most of that since my son graduated in late May. I am not going back that’s for sure. Just hoping at 45 years old it’s not too late, meaning my pancreas and gallbladder had too many years of abuse.

Liquor - Occasionally will have light beer, it’s low carb, but not too many. Most days try to keep NetCarbs under 20g, but sometimes go closer to 50. Otherwise I might have some kind of whisky, as the distilling process kills off the toxic proteins anyway, but more importantly there isn’t really a carb rush from the hard liquor.

Pizza - Easy, I made burnt cheese pizza when I get this fix. My kids like it better than regular pizza although they might exaggerate.

Fruit, I keep somewhat lowish more for weight loss reasons. at 6’1” down to 230, and need to get to 195 to be studly. Will have berries with whip cream though. (Blue-Black-Rasp-Straw) I just keep it to a couple times per week.

I personally don’t care if I make no sense from a libertarian standpoint. I choose not to be pro-abortion because I value the liberty of the child. Not that difficult. If you want to point out how I am inconsistent with pure Libertarian thought, fine, I am, so be it. And consistency or lack thereof back and forth is something we can play all day. We all make choices and compromises. Also this is why I use the small “l”.

And I could be taking your points and combining with several I’ve seen on these threads over the last couple of weeks.....which I should not be doing. There are in fact some real simpleton’s who like to jump into these threads.

“Unable to address the social issues that divide libertarian and conservative ideologies (because you cant), you throw a tantrum, hurl an insult and walk away pouting. Typical.”

Because you continue to call him a Libertarian despite his repeated assertions of being a libertarian? What’s left to discuss. This argument that goes on, is about as ignorant as engaging a liberal who uses phrases like “teabagger” and “racist”. Might as well just walk away. You people in thread after thread continue to insist that everyone who even hints at being libertarian-minded as being a card-carrying member of the Libertarian party. No matter how many times the other person says they are not, the idiotic accusations continue.

Like I said I might as well be arguing with a sycophant liberal who says the tea party is racist. You both have about the same level of intellectual curiosity.

Colonel in a world with many entertainment choices, choosing to not watch something, not a big deal. I sometimes avoid things for awhile that I intend to get into at some point and end up not (Ron Swanson for instance).

I do happen to like MMA. If you’ve ever been around something like NCAA Wrestling, many of your greatest MMA fighters were amazing wrestlers back in their college days. Though I haven’t verified my 18 year old son who is himself an athlete in college loves this stuff and tells me that Heavyweight Champ Cain Velasquez didn’t nose an NCAA wrestling match his last two years of school.

Now don’t get me wrong, the wrestlers have to ground and pound, but having been in a few fights and losing one in a ground and pound situation, the blows weren’t quite as strong with me on my back and him punching from his knees. Though I did get a nasty black eye. I of course was a boxer and basketball player and the dang wrestler types knew the only chance they had was to get me down and this guy did it. I can assure you stand up boxing with gloves, the full punches were far worse (and as stupid teens we didn’t wear the amateur head gear).

MMA I would imagine doesn’t have nearly the long-term effects on the brain as boxing and potentially not as much as football.

Not even close. However since you don’t watch it I wouldn’t expect you to know that, I am not criticizing you, just pointing out the facts. Many of the matches are decided by submissions, and there isn’t nearly the number of violent shots taken to the brain as in boxing.

Seriously Little J, anyone with ADD or ADHD taking Adderal has traces of amphetamine in their system. Do you know how many people must be taking it?

Traces of MaryJane in a crash autopsy, does not indicate someone was “stoned out of their mind”. Good Lord people wake the eff up. That stuff stays in your system for months. There is an entire cottage industry of products, methods, tricks etc. to get it out of your system for drug tests. In my military days, guys were always crapping their pants at random whiz quiz time, but figured odds were good since they only tested a small sample of everyone made to go urinate.

I wonder if this guy was super soft and an easy mark, it doesn’t really even make a lot of sense to me. Rarely if ever, does a black guy who is by himself look at me in a menacing way, nor would I, him. I always strive to look edgy and mean while minding my own business. I am not saying the guy couldn’t kick my ass, but I at least like to give an impression that you are better off finding someone else to screw with.

And my point is I can’t imagine two women starting in on me for something like this. Frankly I wouldn’t even engage them, I’d shrug my shoulders in an apologizing way, and keep right on walking. Perhaps he was stumbling around and drunk? Again not saying the guy deserved it, I am just wondering why so much detail is left out.

What is there to be patriotic about? The war on drugs? Local police squads ordering up tanks? Pfffft...

I did my two terms, and right now I am glad neither of my sons seems interested. I mean I’d support them, and tell them to be good soldiers, I am just glad they aren’t taking that route. Well one is still a Jr, but with a high GPA he’d would already have to be contacting service academies and he’s never mentioned it, and I don’t push any colleges on the boys.

I still like the idea of someone watching the Army. I would certainly hope these Anon folks don’t put someone in danger, but we need to watch our govt.

After all as long as they aren’t doing anything wrong what do they have to worry about? I mean that’s what Democrats and Rovian Statists tell us.

Ahh, haha. I can’t remember the last time I was down in Y-Town I don’t get home very often. I have family living to the west of the easternmost drug area listed, I presume safe. Probably also a drug area.

Not sure if anyone is still paying attention or if I should be bumping a thread this old but, did you all see the new information on Hastings from SD 6? The wikileaks email and the revelation that Hastings was targeting John Brennan on his next story. At the very least the wiki email makes things interesting.

As an aside, is it extreme of me to say we ought to have live camera’s on all courthouses, police stations, jails etc.? I mean they are up in our grill storing phone records, google searches etc. (in case it’s ever needed). Maybe we ought to have the chance to watch the watchers.

Obviously joking...sort of.

Didn’t Bush say about the terrorists “they hate us for our freedoms”. I can’t help but wonder, do you think they like us now?

Gridlock. There are knock-off Red-Bulls as well. My son is more of a RockStar guy, they don’t have any knock-offs. I found a link somewhere once that Gridlock was really produced and re-labeled by Monster specifically for Aldi’s. Can’t beat the .99.

Bachmann? She backed Obama railing about Snowden being a Traitor? Then she went on the house flour and made a complete ass of herself on Amash’s amendment to defund the NSA domestic spying. She is as useless as any everyday GOPe like Peter King or Christie.

I grew up watching that stuff. Lou Blaney, etc. Sharon Speedway in Ohio. My dad was really into it. They used to go to Iowa every year when he was working and had some spare scratch.

I think Dave Blaney bought that speedway, I don’t know it’s been so long since I’ve seen a race. Not really my thing, my dad is the racing nut. Last time I saw one was out east of Dallas, Mesquite or something, I can’t remember but he was coming down and wanted to plan his trip around a race, so I went.

Fun stuff for sure, I just have kids that are very into sports and don’t really have time for that.

No, no, no, no. You are the one who consistently goes straight to the Libertarian party platform as a reference as if one single person arguing with gives a rat’s behind what the LP platform is.

I stand by my thoughts, perhaps you didn’t understand my point and I’ll say another way. I am merely pointing out that conservatives on social issues do not bother me unless, of course they create a worldview full of logical fallacy like you do.

I am in a very right-wing world as far as work, my kids school, most of my friends, etc. and I speak freely this way, none of my friends think of me as a leftist. Rather they think I am a little too far right. I will vote for Social conservatives. As long as they are not candidates who come from the tree of Bush-Cheney-Rove-Kristol etc. No matter what they think about gay marriage, I will never ever vote for one of these big-government statists.

You have a top priority as do I, mine is anyone who voted against de-funding the NSA is out. Anyone defending prism or bashing Snowden, out. I’d also love to see DHS cut, but am not holding my breath. Do you see any reason why I wouldn’t vote for Ted Cruz or Sarah Palin? Bachmann, no freaking way, she attacked Snowden and went against Amash she is dead to me. I can’t put another big government statist back in office. Rand Paul or Cruz, otherwise I’ll be sitting this one out.

I dont fight with social conservatives, I fight with you. It doesnt have anything to do with social conservatism, its your lack of logic and incorrect factual assertions. You are not the embodiment of social conservatism. Check that ego, ansel12. I sometimes clash with (L)libertarians, too, and leftists all the time. You arent special, unfortunately. I actually agree with you on most of the issues, but your reasoning is just awful, your factual information is lacking, and you are a most unpleasant person as a result. The lying is the worst part. If somebody posted that reading John Wesley turned people into Zoroastrians, I would put that person in the same file as you.

Here, here. I think that these arguments are terribly dishonest.

I have been here since the late 90s (though I can't remember my old screen name) because I am a conservative.. I detest abortion, attend church, send my kids to a very conservative christian school that folks in town might think of as "fundie factory". Yet these threads devolve into some of the most ridiculous arguments by people so hard-headed that we are all liberals? Good lord people, we are further right than you statists.

Ansel I'll tell you what happened. I woke up to what the Republican party has become. Aren't you in the exact same boat as me, and ticked at the GOP? Haven't you suggested as much? First off, what would be so hard about acknowledging that common ground? All of us here are likely disgruntled.

Here is the difference between you and I.

I consider people as passionate as you are about this stuff as being on my side, you just have a couple of issues that you find more important to focus upon. You on the other hand think those of us who are sick of endless wars, the police state, the TSA, the NSA, domestic drones, prism. etc. as being liberals.

Also, how hard is it for you to stop comparing any of us to the Libertarian party? You can't even do that for the sake of discussion? You've been asked repeatedly, and you refuse, are you afraid of something?

Our numbers are increasing my friend even here on this site. Watch these threads, it’s the same 4 jokers, the same tired, nonsensical arguments.

I don’t mind folks putting up a good argument but they just reply, reply, reply with diarrhea of the keyboard and absolutely nothing with any original insight. Seriously when someone suggests Romney is a libertarian you have to question that person’s ability to think. I mean it’s just so silly it almost silences you.

OK LJ. Now I see the crux of the issue. You use this analogy to make your point:

One thing they dance around is when you ask them something like: Okay, you want no laws against any kind of porn, sodomy, same sex marriage/adoption/in the military/drugs and so on - federal laws. Im fine with that. What about STATES enacting such laws? They generally leave the discussion cold at that point. Some have admitted to me that the states have no business making such laws either.

So, now I see what's going on here and that is you have a perverse need to get inside their head. So someone from a more libertarian thought process says it's a states issue not something for the federal government to decide. But you press further.

You have a twisted need to get deep inside their head. You'd make a great statist, you should apply to the TSA or NSA. Maybe DHS. We'll need folks who can probe to find out what really drives patriots so we can root them out.

What you are attempting to do here isn't much different than the movie Minority Report. Everyone's brain must be clean before LJ can accept them. Shoot you might want to think about being an instructor in the re-education camps.

This is absolutely his issue of not debating from the same set of definitions, descriptions, etc. To continue to phrase every single argument with the Libertarian Party is just laughable. It’s almost a perverse fantasy these folks have. He simply will not listen. He’s a statist who knows what’s best for all of us, including forcing discussion of the philosophy of Liberty into his limited worldview.

Why is it today seems like New World Order shill day? Mindless attacks on Paul on another thread, relentlessly going after Snowden here.

I forgot to add one caveuat to Republicans I will never vote for and that’s the NeoCons calling Snowden a traitor. Bums.

Now as to your argument, I find that you want to believe in your country which is noble, and you think collecting the data much like one collects trash is just fine. Once again why are you not getting the fact that this data can be used to compile a dossier that shows you are a potential threat someday. Gun Owner? Veteran? Posts all the Time on Free Republic? Speaks about the constitution and the Bill of Rights. Put this guy on a watch list.

Heck maybe they can snag your google password and start trading child porn in your name. Silly of course, but is it? You apparently have no regard for your personal effects?

Plus, what kind of massive public spending of tax dollars went into this without even so much as a discussion? Have you no regard for the money you send to DC? What about the Neo-Fascist forced government-corporate partnerships.

I wish I would have read the whole thread first Dadfly, you admit to oversimplifying and seem like a nice enough fellow.

My position is this. I will vote for a conservative despite some libertarian leanings. So I don’t give a flying @#$ what ansel likes to throw out there in philosophical debate. Never again will I vote for a non-constitutional GOP member. These idiots who like draw lines between Cruz and Paul are insane in my opinion. In any case anyone from the Bush tree is done forever. Anyone from the tree of Bill Kristol, Dick Cheney, McCain, Boehner, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie etc. Done. I don’t care where they stand any issue at this point they are dead.... useless. Those folks are far more dangerous than Rand Paul.

My goodness where were these dinosaurs during the Amash NSA vote? Quietly hiding I suppose.

Listen, your theory? I don’t even know how someone could come up with that.

RINOs are really what one might call Neo-Conservatives. NeoCons, to use extreme over-simplification as you illustrate you are capable of....NeoCons, are basically Big Govt. Democrats who like war and occasionally throw a bone towards Christians (passively). At what point did Bush/Cheney attempt to slash government? When does John McCain not support a massive police state? Why do they think it’s ok to have a massive spying infrastructure sniffing up all of our collective rear-ends? And an ever-expanding TSA etc.

I understand for many of you, Social Conservatism trumps all, and it doesn’t bother me as long as you don’t go all Police State on me. RINOs you see are there to quietly and in a sneaky way allow big government to flourish while at the same time occasionally going on Fox News and acting incensed about it. Keeps the sheeple in line. You’ll see them buckle at the funding ObamaCare vote.

So in my case,
1. Paul/Cruz/Lee type I would vote for
2. Any republican supporting the massive spy infrastructure no matter what position they hold on anything else, is done with me. Never again will I be tricked into a Bush/McCain/Romney.

As I think back, my first time was between 9th and 10th grade, with girlfriend moving into 9th grade, who had just turned 14? This went close to three years? I guess we never would have hit any criminal issues? Not sure. However I was 18 a big part of my Senior year, and as a popular jock, I am certain I broke some laws here. Luckily everyone I broke the law with is my good friend on Facebook, they don’t seem too traumatized.

I still adore the first one, it wouldn’t shock me if we wound up together again someday... My current wife (dying) would approve, she doesn’t want me to grow old by myself and likes her too....

I don’t know if I am “high protein” but definitely very low carb/keto, where I try to stay under 20g of carbs. I’ve heard some taking ZMA to help with that, I’ve considered it myself but haven’t gotten around to it.

I flipped her on the other night she had this cute pleated skirt on showing a lot of arm. She’s got this great olive skin tone, not sure if it’s natural or she gets tanning, either way, it looks great.

Anyway I decide to look her up, she is 62 is that right? I am 44 and found her very attractive. I realize it’s fox and there is makeup etc. but you have to have something to work with.

I asked on the thread last night but you might not have seen it, has the LAPD said anything about these two being on-site of the Hastings crash? Logically you would think this is their duty-time and shift, but I don’t know. I would not expect the LAPD to make this seem related at all, but I was wondering if any investigators have looked into it. Right now I am not in much of a mood to trust too many “official statements” from authority figures but I was hoping someone else had done some snooping.

The real simple question to ask the libertarian haters is this. Can you point me to Republican as openly disdainful of Libertarian thought as you folks who didn’t sell our butts out to the Police State?

Some of you claim Cruz, fine but I doubt you’ll see him attack Libertarians like Christie.

Possibly Sarah Palin though she’s been silent on the Amash vote. And yet, what does Sarah tell people? We need to welcome in the Ron Paul team. You folks are enablers, pure and simple. Enablers of Dubya, McCain, Boner and the rest of the tyranny wing.

Many of us were waking up, I didn’t really jump on the Ron Paul thing until the primaries when he was the only one talking sense to me.

Now I am not gloating. Guys with R’s next the their name can be very persuasive and even I voted for Romney. However it’s absolutely clear to me after the Snowden incident that the establishment GOP is not to be trusted. Never again can be be Sean Hannity - Democrats bad, Republicans good, hoo-rah.

Bachmann really helped seal that deal the other night. Nobody is defending her actions.